I think my favorite is You know your addicted to your BlackBerry when you are sitting at your computer, get a new email notification on the computer, and read the email on your BlackBerry.
I have been guilty of this one more than a few times.

RIMarkable readers, how do you know you’re addicted to your BlackBerry?

Rumor has it that in the Fall of next year, Sprint will be releasing a new BlackBerry that will bridge PTT networks between Nextel and Sprint subscribers. One of the main reasons that Nextel subscribers have been so slow to move off the iDEN network over to Sprint’s CDMA network is because of imcompatability of PTT between the two networks.

QChat, a PTT technology from Qualcomm, will allow the 2-way walkie-talkie feature made famous by Nextel to work inter-network between the Sprint network and the Nextel network. QChat also runs at speeds that rival what Nextel subscribers are currently used to.

On an analyst call last week Jim Balsille, co-CEO of Research in Motion said, “The launch of Pearl has been the most successful Blackberry launch that we have ever had. Our intention with Pearl was to open up a new market segment for Blackberry and this is what we have experienced.”

There is no doubt that the BlackBerry Pearl plays a huge part in RIM’s better than expected earnings, 95 cents per share, 2 cents more than what the street predicted, however, I just cannot help but feel that RIM left a lot on the table with the BlackBerry Pearl. RIM added 875,000 new subscribers this passed quarter, but, that number might not be related to first BlackBerry owning Pearl users as you might think.[Read more…] about BlackBerry Pearl Most Successful BlackBerry Launch Ever

As I look back over the year, one of the questions that was asked quite often by RIMarkable readers was when is the BlackBerry xxxx coming to Nextel? The last Nextel BlackBerry to hit the street was the BlackBerry 7100i over a year ago back in Q4 and many sources say that Sprint / Nextel have no intention of releasing another Nextel BlackBerry running on the iDEN network.

One thing that I have learned over the passed two years of blogging about BlackBerrys is that the only people that love their devices more then die-hard BlackBerry users are die-hard Nextel BlackBerry users. The number of Nextel BlackBerry users that have no intention of moving to another carrier or even over to the Sprint side of the house until Sprint forces them to move while kicking and screaming is impressive to say the least.[Read more…] about So What’s The Deal With Future Nextel BlackBerry Devices?

Do you remember when Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie was going to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins and then all of a sudden the deal broke down? Maybe it was because negotiations with Mario Lemieux went something like this.

I know that the BlackBerry Pearl is the greatest thing to happen in the smartphone industry since the thing right before it that was the greatest thing to happen in the smartphone industry, however, I am kind of in a grumpy mood so I am going to list 5 things that suck about the BlackBerry Pearl.

No digital video capture — Seeing how it took forever for RIM to even come out with a CameraBerry one might think that when they finally did, they would have offered features, I don’t know, maybe like every other cameraphone of similar price have.

No cross promotion with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 — The name of the frigging ship was the Black Pearl. The name of the smartphone is BlackBerry Pearl. It doesn’t take a marketing genius to figure that one out.

Our pal and weekly BlackBerry Cool columnist, Thought, has come up with his holiday wish list in the most recent edition of ThoughtPiece. The first thing he is asking for is a “A super cool television marketing campaign for the BlackBerry consumer line of products” and even tosses out the idea of a BlackBerry SuperBowl commercial.

I think Thought is dead on. A SuperBowl commercial is exactly what the BlackBerry needs. You may be asking yourself, as strong as the BlackBerry brand already is, how could a Superbowl commercial, directly lead to more sales? Well, let us take a look at the brand BlackBerry a bit more closely.[Read more…] about Why RIM should make a BlackBerry SuperBowl commercial